• Glycerol and Catalysis by Waste/Low-Cost Materials—A Review 

      Farias da Costa, Ana Alice; Oliveira, Alex de Nazaré de; Esposito, Roberto; Len, Christophe; Luque, Rafael; Rodrigues Noronha, Renata Coelho; Rocha Filho, Geraldo N. da; Santos do Nascimento, Luís Adriano (MDPI, 2022)
      The growing global demand for renewable energy sources can be reached using biofuels such as biodiesel, for example. The most used route to produce biodiesel is the transesterification reaction of oils or fats with short-chain ...
    • Orange peel waste biorefinery in multi-component cascade approach: Polyphenolic compounds and nanocellulose for food packaging 

      Espinosa, E.; Rincón, E.; Morcillo-Martín, Ramón; Rabasco-Vílchez, Laura; Rodríguez, A. (Elsevier, 2022)
      This study proposed an efficient valorization of orange peel waste (OPW) thorugh a multi-product cascade biorefinery approach. In a first step, polyphenolic-rich bioactive extract was obtained using 100% ethanol after a ...
    • Sustainable Biomaterials: Current Trends, Challenges and Applications 

      Gupta, Girish Kumar; De, Sudipta; Franco, Ana; Balu, Alina M.; Luque, Rafael (MDPI, 2016)
      Biomaterials and sustainable resources are two complementary terms supporting the development of new sustainable emerging processes. In this context, many interdisciplinary approaches including biomass waste valorization ...
    • Wheat bran valorisation: Towards photocatalytic nanomaterials for benzyl alcohol photo-oxidation 

      Balu, Alina M.; Ouyang, Weiyi; Reina, Jose M.; Kuna, Ewelina; Yépez, Alfonso; Romero, Antonio A.; Colmenares, Juan C.; Luque, Rafael (Elsevier, 2017)
      In this work, we have successfully synthesized a set of titania photocatalytic nanocomposites by the incorporation of different TiO2 content on wheat bran residues. The obtained catalysts were characterized by different ...